| Event: | Men's 50 kilometres walk |
| Games: | 1956 Summer |
| Venue: | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Dates: | November 24 |
| Competitors: | 21 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Win Value: | 4:30:42.8 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Norman Read |
| Goldnoc: | NZL |
| Silver: | Yevgeniy Maskinskov |
| Silvernoc: | URS |
| Bronze: | John Ljunggren |
| Bronzenoc: | SWE |
| Prev: | 1952 |
| Next: | 1960 |
The men's 50 kilometres walk was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday November 24, 1956. There were a total number of 21 participants from 10 nations.[1]
| RANK | NAME ATHLETE | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4:30:42.8 | |||
| 4:32:57.0 | |||
| 4:35:02.0 | |||
| 4. | 4:39:00.0 | ||
| 5. | 4:50:09.0 | ||
| 6. | 4:56:08.0 | ||
| 7. | 5:00:16.0 | ||
| 8. | 5:02:19.0 | ||
| 9. | 5:03:59.0 | ||
| 10. | 5:08:33.6 | ||
| 11. | 5:12:14.0 | ||
| 12. | 5:12:34.0 | ||
| 13. | 5:22:36.0 | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DSQ | ||
| - | DSQ |